cff-version: 1.2.0
abstract: "On behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), Wageningen Food Safety Research analyses samples of agricultural products of animal origin for dioxins, PCBs, brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs). This includes meat, milk, eggs and fish.<br>The samples are taken at the primary production or processing stage (e.g. in slaughterhouses or raw milk collection services). For dioxin-like compounds, 350 samples are first screened with the DR CALUX® method. Samples giving a signal indicating a level above the lowest action level are regarded as suspected. These samples are further examined using GC/HRMS as confirmatory method. Concerning fish, shellfish and crustaceans, approx. 25 samples are collected at sea by research vessels, at the fish auction, or from whole-sale traders (farmed fish)."
authors:
  - family-names: Brust
    given-names: Hanneke
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0386-6144"
  - family-names: van Leeuwen
    given-names: Stefan
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4847-0768"
  - family-names: van der Lee
    given-names: Martijn
  - family-names: Hoogenboom
    given-names: Ron
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8913-5328"
  - family-names: Nijrolder
    given-names: Antoine
title: "2018 - Monitoring dioxins, PCBs, PFAS and flame retardants in agricultural and fishery products"
keywords:
version: 3
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.4121/17049614.v3
license: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
date-released: 2021-12-08